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Friday, June 25, 2010

every Monday night in the summer, come down to free outdoor movies downtown

I remember a recent experience:

Picked up some penne pasta with pancetta and polenta from Cafe Cimmento. A pal purchased some pernil pork and potatoes from another downtown place. Another pounced on Tomasino's pepperoni pizza and we met on the pitch.

Open air, hundreds of people stretching out under the stars, and popcorn and refreshments by Touch the Moon Candy Saloon - all mix together to form the downtown tradition of watching movies Mondays at dusk downtown.

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Every Monday begining June 28th, you can bring your friends and family to Downtown Youngstown at the Covelli Centre Lawn to enjoy an outdoor movie on the big screen. The schedule:

June 28 Star Trek: The Future Begins

July 5 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

July 12 The Time Travelers Wife

July 19 Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns

July 26 Twilight New Moon

August 2 The Blindside

August 9 Casablanca

August 16 The Princess and the Frog

August 23 The Dark Knight

August 30 UP

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final note:

This whole movie series started in recent years because of three individuals. These three wanted to have movies downtown available to the public like they experiences in other places they've lived. They shared the idea, gained allies, built the huge screen frame by hand, and selected the films.

Now this event is a team effort with many more people and institutions and sponsors making this series an even larger success than before.